ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,134, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to LEO TAKEDOWN LLC (Rome, Ga.).
"Quick take-down firearm" was invented by Michael Lance Maffett (Rome, Ga.) and Shannon Howard McCall (Laceys Spring, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Quick take-down firearms and methods of using quick-take down firearms. The quick-take down includes an upper receiver coupling and a barrel coupling. The quick take-down can be unlocked by sliding a sliding lock collar in a translational motion to an unlocked position to release locking elements from a locked configuration. In the unlocked position, a barrel and handguard may be installed onto and removed from th...